Album



(No Model.)

A. BARTHOLME.

ALBUM.

No. 487,170. Patented NOV. `29, 1892.

' Snam@ .-.\\\\\\\\v 'lllllllIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII'IIIIIIIIIIH NITED STATES ANTON BARTHOLME, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

ALBUM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 487,170, dated November 29, 1892.

. Application filed April 30, 1892. Serial No. 431,225. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTON BARTHOLME, a citizen of the German Empire, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, havein- Vented certain new and useful Improvements in Albums; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable oth- .ers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to albums for containing and exhibiting photographs and the like.

The object of my invention is to utilize the covers or sides of the album by providing them with mirrors, whereby the album is not only rendered ornamental, but also serves an additional useful purpose. This combined album and mirror, which I term a mirroralbum, may be made in any desired ornamental form, is preferably constructed in the form of a box or casing formed of hinged sections, and is preferably mounted by journaling the same in suitable standards, all substantially as claimed.

In order to enable those skilled in the art 4to which my invention relates to clearly and fully understand the same, I will now give a detailed description thereof with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l represents a front elevation of what I consider the best embodiment of my invention; Fig. 2, a side elevation, partly in vertical section; Fig. 3, a front elevation of the album open; Fig. 4, a side elevation, partly in section, of the same closed, its open position being indicated by dotted lines; Fig. 5, a detail View thereof in vertical section and on an enlarged scale; Fig. 6, a transverse section on line 6 6, Fig. 1; and Fig. 7, a View 0f one of the photograph-holding series of slippockets developed into a plane.

The same let-ters represent the same parts in all the views of the drawings.

It will be noted that the album A thus shown consists of two sections or covers A A2, which are connected by a hinge at a, and each of which is provided with an interior cavity a', adapted as a receptacle for photographs or the like, which photographs may be heid therein in any suitable or convenient manner, or may under some'circumstances be arranged therein loosely without any holding` device. The means which I prefer for the purpose of holding the photographs is best shown in Figs. 3 and 7, and consists in a number of slip-pockets B, having openings b for the exposure and slits b for theintroduction of the photographs, preferably onboth sides, and adapted to be folded at b2 and piled upon each other, bellows shaped, when the album is closed. These slip-pockets may be madelof any suitable material, such as stiff pasteboard, leather, or similar material. One of the outermost slip-pockets is preferably secured at its outer edge or otherwise to the bottom a? of the album-section AorAZ. The outer surface of each album-section is provided with a mirror C, which may be secured thereto in any suitable manner. The object of these mirrors is not only to embellish the album, but also to enable the same to combine two useful purposes, one frame serving both as a support for a mirror and a receptacle for photographs.

This combined album and mirror maybe of any desired and ornamental form and may be covered with plush and bordered with silver or other metal, so as to form an article of luxury and desirable ornament for the drawing and reception room. Preferably I mount the same by journaling it in standards D D, rising from and secured to a platform or pledestal F. in the following manner: Two journals or pintles F extend outwardly one from each side of the album-section A2, a rosette f of any desired ornamental design being applied at their base to give the album a more finished appearance. These journals, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, have bearings in the standards D.

In order to enable the album to be turned back to place the mirror C in a convenient position, but at the same time to prevent its turning in a forward position, I provide the journals F each with an eccentric-stud f (see Figs. l to 4) and form the circular journal-bearing in which it works or rotates with a fixed stud or detent f2, which projects into the bearing from the front of the standard, as best shown in Fig. 2. This detent f may best be formed as indicated-that is to say, by screwing an ordinary small screw into the IOC standard Dso as to project into the bearingcavlty and then filing or cutting off the head of the screw. Under' this construction it will be seen that the album may be turned backward in the direction of arrow l, but cannot be turned forward in the direction of arrow 2.

The album may be locked by any desirable means, but I consider those herein shown (particular reference being had to Figs. 4c and 5) as the most desirable. As there shown, this lock consists of a latch G, comprising a strip of spring metal g, secured to the upper and inner wall of the section A2 by a single screw or equivalent device g', and having a forward detent or jaw g2, which bears against a lip g3 on the upper and inner wall of the section A', and thus holds the two sections together. In the top of the section A is arranged a releasing-button H, having a stem 477, passing down through the upper wall of the section and provided at its lower end with a preferably-rounded boss h', adapted to bear against the inclined or beveled surface g4 of the detent g2. 0n pressing on this button I-I lit is obvious that the detent g2 will ,be released from the lip g3 and the album can be opened, the opening action being considerably aided and made almost automatic by the lower inclined face g5 of the lip g3, (see Fig. 5,) against which the inclined face g4 of the detent g2 will bear immediately after the album has been opened only to a very slight extent, as will be evident from the position of the parts indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 5. The album having been thus opened, the front section A will occupy the position indicated in dotted lines in Fig. it, while the rear section will be held in its upright position by reason of the detent]c2 bearing against the eccentric-stud f of the journals of the album.

It is obvious that the mirrorfalbum above described may be modified in many particulars without departing from myinvention. I do not therefore desire to be limited to the details described; but

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In an album, two covers or casings hinged together at their lower edges, one ofthe covers being provided with journals, in combination with standards provided with bearings for the journals, while the other cover is free to be swung open, substantially as set forth.

2. In an album, two covers or casings hinged together at their lower edges, one of the covers being provided with journals, while the other cover is provided with a mirror on its outer surface and free to be swung open, in combination with the standards provided with bearings for the journals, substantially as set forth.

3. In an album, two covers hinged together, one of the covers being provided with journals having eccentric-studs, in combination with standards'having bearings for the journals and provided with detents for engaging the eccentric-studs on the journals, substantially as set forth.

4L. In an album, two covers hinged together, one ofthe covers being provided with journals having eccentric-studs, in combination with standards having bearings for the journals, and provided with detente for engaging the eccentric-studs on the journals, one of the album-covers being provided with a mirror on its outer surface, substantially as set forth.

5. In an album, two covers hinged together and a spring-catch attached to one cover, in combination with a lip on the other cover for engaging the spring-catch and a releasingbutton adapted to bear down on the springcatch to release the same, substantially as set forth. Y

6. An album comprising one cover having a spring-catch secured thereto and having an inclined surface, in combination with a second cover provided with a lip having a lower beveled surface and a releasing-button adapted to bear down on the inclined surface of the spring-catch, substantially as set forth.

Intestimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANTON BARTHOLME.

Witnesses:

En. RAINE, E. F. LEYH. 

